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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Ho hum, ho hum ... waiting on baby!

I'm tired. Between the sunshining in my window shortly after 6 am each day, my achy hips, thedifficulty of rolling over at this stage in pregnancy, and a fullbladder ... I am wide awake at 6:30 am each day. This is veryunusual for me. I am usually getting up between 8 and 9 am, whichis fine, because my children also follow this sleep schedule. Butgetting up so early has me falling asleep in the afternoons andevenings every time I sit down or try to read. I remember asimilar problem at the end of my last pregnancy, and just tellingmyself God was getting me ready for the baby's arrival and the lack ofsleep that would bring.

I saw the midwife today. I'm39.5 weeks along and doing well. Baby's heart tones are good, myblood pressure is good, my weight is the lowest I've ever gained, and Ionly got REALLY achy in the past 4 days. The midwife, herassistant, and I are all guessing it's a smaller sized baby girl basedon pregnancy differences and past history. So, we're guessingit's going to be a 7.5 lb girl (I've had two girls in the 7 lb xx ozrange and one larger girl, plus two much larger boys). But wewill see ... God could have surprises for us all.

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. I'm Irish. My husband ispart Irish, although he treasures his Swedish background more. Idon't have any "holiday babies" yet. I think tomorrow would be agood day to have a baby, don't you? Yes, I do. Now if onlybabies came "to order" like that.

My last pregnancy was my first homebirth, and my biggest baby of all --9 lb. 12 oz. It was a very intense 5 hours of labor and delivery. I'm wondering how this delivery will differ if it really is asmaller baby -- possibly 2 lbs smaller!. It's been 6.5 yearssince I gave birth to a child in the 7 lb. range, and that was aninduction in the hospital, so totally different. Hmm ...

I pray you will have a safe and happy delivery and a beautiful baby as well. Having given birth only 6 months ago I know how you are feeling right now. God bless you and give you patience during these last few days.

No, not gonna do castor oil again! I'm scared off of that. I don't want a weak labor with broken water that requires pit to finish the job again ... not with a homebirth. I don't want to be running to the bathroom through the whole labor, either. And I don't want another "false labor" from it.

I'm staying faaaaar away from castor oil. I had thrown it out once, but bought some for a topical treatment for something in the past year. BUt it isn't tempting me at all!!!

Actually, my midwife and I agreed we'd not consider anything to bring labor on unless I was very post-dates. No herbs, nothing. :-)

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